A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Satellites
Displaying 41 - 60 of 229 articles
The Ukraine conflict shows the importance of space technology in modern warfare.
As signatories, Nigeria and Rwanda are demonstrating their commitment to safe, sustainable use of outer space. This should have multiple benefits.
How might the space industry reduce its ecological footprint and better manage the debris it leaves in its wake?
Rockets used to launch satellites fall back to Earth, and as their number grows, the risk faced by people living on the ground — or flying in airplanes — increases.
Tens of thousands of satellites orbiting Earth will hamper astronomers’ efforts to study the Universe and spot dangerous asteroids, as well as brightening the sky and hiding stars from the rest of us.
Time-lapse animations that once took days to create are now easy to build with publicly available satellite images and free online tools.
Many telescopes use the radio spectrum to learn about the cosmos. Just as human development leads to more light pollution, increasing numbers of satellites are leading to more radio interference.
Internet access opens up the world in many ways.
With the help of thousands of citizen scientists, a new study measured exactly how much brighter night skies are getting every year.
Cellphones are constantly collecting location data from global satellites, but there is uncertainty about who is using these data, and for what purposes.
Efforts to launch rockets into space from the UK need to demonstrate reliability.
While many countries have tested anti-satellite missiles, France has committed itself not to do so. For what reasons, and with what consequences?
A new image has been taken of the whole Earth 50 years after the first - revealing noticeable changes to its surface.
NASA has been gaining momentum in recent years as investment into space has ramped up in the US. In 2022, missions dealt with the farthest, closest, hottest and coldest conditions in the universe.
Understanding when, where and why fishing vessels sometimes turn off their transponders is a key step toward curbing illegal fishing and other crimes on the high seas.
Millions of dollars have gone into California’s forest carbon offset program – with little new carbon storage to show for it, a new study suggests.
The stars, planets and Milky Way we see at night are part of a wilderness shared across the globe and across centuries. But does BlueWalker 3 herald a night sky polluted with bright satellites?
Tracking CO2 emissions with satellites can help to support emission reduction efforts under the Paris Agreement.
With the arrival of Cosmic Girl in Cornwall, the UK is preparing for its first rocket launch.
Job Board
-
Team Leader, Admissions, Future Students
-
Economics Editor
-
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services)
-
Chief People & Culture Officer
-
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Construction and Project Management
Top contributors
-
Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney
-
Associate professor, Astronomy, University of Regina
-
Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
-
Lecturer in space and military law and strategy, UNSW Sydney
-
Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
-
Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
-
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
-
Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
-
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Law, University College Dublin
-
Associate Professor, RMIT University
-
Chair, Australian Centre for Space Governance, Australian National University
-
Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
-
University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
-
Scientific Officer, Obafemi Awolowo University
-
Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
